Don't be soft on Islam, says EU anti-terror chief

Europe's anti-terror chief has launched a stinging attack on the political correctness that he says is hampering the campaign against militant Islam, reports the Guardian.

The paper reports that Gilles de Kerchove, the EU counter-terrorism co-ordinator, said that concern about stigmatising Muslim populations was hampering policy-making and thus prevention.

"One of the problems ... is that some member states are extremely reluctant to be explicit about the link with religion," the paper quotes de Kerchove. "Religion has been hijacked and distorted for political ends."

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